President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the second mercy petition filed to him by 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts accused Yakub Memon. He is likely to be hanged at 7:00 AM tomorrow.

The decision came after the President had sent the mercy petition file of Memon to the Home Ministry seeking their suggestion. The Ministry of Home Affairs had sent the the file back to President's office stating that Memon should be hanged at the earliest.

Open court hearing of his review petition started on 24 March 2015 and it was dismissed on 9 April. After that Memon filed a curative petition which was also rejected on 21 July by the Supreme Court.

The decision is crucial as there have been two different point of views on his death sentence which has polarised the country. A group of eminent personalities, including retired judges and actors had sent a letter to President asking him to accept his mercy petition.

Also, Congress MLA's from Maharashtra had sent a similar letter seeking President's acceptance of the mercy petition. On the other hand, 1600 people who are related to the victims of the 1993 blasts also signed a letter and gave it to Governor of Maharashta asking him to reject Memon's mercy petition.